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[TheBoy]

Years ago, I considered getting a trainset and having fun building the scene.  My old house had a fabulous loft space that would have been ideal.

The loft here is rubbish, and my garage has been known to spontaneously exploded, so I think that ship has sailed for me

But I shall watch with interest .  And expect the useless student to rig it together with gaffer tape, the electrics down with sellotape, and have it down by the weekend.

[tunnie]

 

No I'm trying to do this right, although I did think of you when I wired up my new controller. I needed shrink wrap, I need to get some and not use insulating tape.

Trying to do this right and take my time, nothing here with gaffer tape so far and I think it's put up rather well. 

Next up I think is trying to create the bridges across the width of the shed, using some spare 2x4 as supports. While the metal L brackets worked well for the main length, it's not ideal for above the door. Also the angle of the shed roof is against me here.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Toy trains, they will never catch on, you need the man scale ones 

I must agree!  But preferably ones with chimneys, coal, water and the lovely smell of hot oil mixed with steam...................what a lovely, gorgeous memory I have of hot pacific loco's, alongside a Standard 4, and a Mansell U class, sitting in the yard!

Mind you, my ex and I built a great OO gauge multi-line layout, with 22 loco's and about 100 coaches and wagons around our  ex-garage with model engine shed and houses, for our boys, so I can readily identify with this thread Tunnie .

A really great hobby when you cannot get out and go on the footplate of a real steam loco!!

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I have an old O gauge set with clockwork engine and a few carriages in a box somewhere up in the loft.
Must dig it out some time and see if it still works.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I must agree!  But preferably ones with chimneys, coal, water and the lovely smell of hot oil mixed with steam...................what a lovely, gorgeous memory I have of hot pacific loco's, alongside a Standard 4, and a Mansell U class, sitting in the yard!

Mind you, my ex and I built a great OO gauge multi-line layout, with 22 loco's and about 100 coaches and wagons around our  ex-garage with model engine shed and houses, for our boys, so I can readily identify with this thread Tunnie .

A really great hobby when you cannot get out and go on the footplate of a real steam loco!!

I am not nearly affluent enough to be dabbling in external combustion engines (and I wouldn't as they are a bit to simple and dull from an engineering perspective for me), with massive six figure sums needing to be spent every ten years and loads of work in the interim. 

A friend has an Austerity, which he is just doing his fourth overhaul on, by his calcs, he could have bought a couple of extra houses with the cash spent and his is only a small one! 

[Lizzie Zoom]

I must agree!  But preferably ones with chimneys, coal, water and the lovely smell of hot oil mixed with steam...................what a lovely, gorgeous memory I have of hot pacific loco's, alongside a Standard 4, and a Mansell U class, sitting in the yard!

Mind you, my ex and I built a great OO gauge multi-line layout, with 22 loco's and about 100 coaches and wagons around our  ex-garage with model engine shed and houses, for our boys, so I can readily identify with this thread Tunnie .

A really great hobby when you cannot get out and go on the footplate of a real steam loco!!

I am not nearly affluent enough to be dabbling in external combustion engines (and I wouldn't as they are a bit to simple and dull from an engineering perspective for me), with massive six figure sums needing to be spent every ten years and loads of work in the interim. 

A friend has an Austerity, which he is just doing his fourth overhaul on, by his calcs, he could have bought a couple of extra houses with the cash spent and his is only a small one! 

Oh yes, they ARE very expensive to keep going!  To think the Barry engines were bought for a few grand, but then had people like my ex and me working for free rubbing them down and slapping on the paint!  Oh, happy days

[tunnie]

Little Update.

I bought a cheap OO gauge loco that was on Facebook Marketplace local to me. A Class 91 225 HST set, with a similar ringfield motor issue. I wanted to practice stripping it down and cleaning it up, before attempting the one that is a bit more sentimental.






I stripped it down and cleaned up all the faces with a bit of T-cut, I also replaced the pinion gear, which made a huge difference. Previously it sounded like a car with a clutch that was failing and over-reving and not going very fast. Pulls like errr a train now 

Also putting in some bridges at each end to make a full loop.

[TheBoy]

Progress

[Marks DTM Calib]

The old ring field motors never work well (and were pretty poor when new), I have re-wound a few over the years and even then, they are not great, even if you fitted uprated magnets as well!

You can fit a CD player motor in there which is ten times better

[Marks DTM Calib]

I should also add, make sure the wheels where the pickups are, are super clean and shiny, also consider adding a bit of weight over the pickup wheel sets to improve contact (a bit of roofing lead, freely available if you look around, works well)

[STEMO]

I should also add, make sure the wheels where the pickups are, are super clean and shiny, also consider adding a bit of weight over the pickup wheel sets to improve contact (a bit of roofing lead, freely available if you look around, works well)

There must be a lot of model railway enthusiasts in Liverpool 

[tunnie]

The old ring field motors never work well (and were pretty poor when new), I have re-wound a few over the years and even then, they are not great, even if you fitted uprated magnets as well!

You can fit a CD player motor in there which is ten times better

Yes, I've seen the CD motor swap out, might try that on another.

I should also add, make sure the wheels where the pickups are, are super clean and shiny, also consider adding a bit of weight over the pickup wheel sets to improve contact (a bit of roofing lead, freely available if you look around, works well)

I did polish the pickups with T-cut as well, might give them another go as well.

Annoying I chucked some led from the extension build, should have kept it.

[ronnyd]

I should also add, make sure the wheels where the pickups are, are super clean and shiny, also consider adding a bit of weight over the pickup wheel sets to improve contact (a bit of roofing lead, freely available if you look around, works well)

Local church roof?